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G. W. BOWERS.

NEGKTIE FASTENER.

No. 279,697. Patented June 19,1883.

WITNBSSE INVENTOR:

' ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES yPATENT OEE ICE.

y GEORGE W. BOWERS, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR OF ONE- HALFTO CHARLES E. NIOKERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

NECKTI E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,697, dated June 19,1883.

` Application tiled December l, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. BowEEs, of Somerville, in the county ofMiddlesex and 'State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedAl\Tecl tie-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention-relates to improvements in that class of necktie-fastenersin which a spring 1o is used for attaching the necktie to thecollarbutton; and it consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out inthe claims.

l Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l shows the back of a necktie provided with my newVnecktie-fastener. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of thesame, taken onthe line :c x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring andattaching-plate. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken onthe line y y of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 shows a modified form of fastenerattached to the back of a necktie.

A represents a necktie. B represents the spring for attaching thenecktie to the collarbutton C, as shown in Fig. 2, and D represents ametallic plate, which I prefer to use for attaching the spring B to theback of the necktie. The ends of the spring B might be secured to theplate D by soldering, or by 3 5 means of separate 'lstaples5 but Iprefer to secure them by means of the tongues t' i, cut out from thebody of the plate and clinched over the ends of the spring, as shownclearly in Figs. 1,4,and 5; and the plate D is by preference secured tothe back of the necktie by 4o means of the pointed tongues of metal e e,formed at the edges of the plate, which are. adapted to be forcedthrough some of the material of the necktie and clinched, as will beclearly understood from the drawings. The spring B may be slightly bentin the center to fit over the neck of the collar-button, as shown at a,Figs. 1 and 3; or it may be looped or folded in the center, as shown ata, Fig. 5; and the spring is so attached to the necktie 5o that the actof putting the necktie on will cause the spring to exert an upwardtension upon the necktie, and thus serve not only to hold the necktiesecurely upon the collar-button, but also to hold it well up under thefolds 55 or laps of the collar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a necktie-fastener, the combination, 6o with a spring having itscenter bent or looped, of a plate adapted to be attached to thenecktie,` and` providedwith the tongues fi, cut out from the body of thesaid plate and bent over the ends of the said spring, substantially asherein shown and described.

2. In a necktie-fastener, the combination, with the spring B, having itscenter bent or looped, of the plate D, provided with spurs e, forsecuring it to the tie, and with the tongues 7o 11, for securing theends of the spring' to the plate, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

GEORGE W. BOWERS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. G.'POPE, TRACY C. POPE.

